Partially Addicted |
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I remember a time when I actually knew what being an outsider meant. I was a fly on the wall of the world, and I loved it. Even familiar faces were new, and they too would pass...
Posted by Remote Goat on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:43:00 PST |
Immigration, Then and Now |
At the turn of the twentieth century, tenement housing in New York City was brimming with immigrants. The year of 1910 is known as one of the great waves of immigration ...
Posted by Remote Goat on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:11:00 PST |
Dispatch From New York |
"Skirts rippling like parachutes, girls hit the cobblestones, smell smoke, burnt flesh, girls cracking like cheap buttons disappearing like so many dropped stitc...
Posted by Remote Goat on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:08:00 PST |
Anchorage Residents Reject Hooligans |
It's funny that we still live in a society that often views teenagers as hooligans unless they are football players and cheerleaders. Those teens who aren't interested in the basic sports or clubs ava...
Posted by Remote Goat on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:44:00 PST |
"Man, Oh Man" |
Today, at this moment, I wish I were a dude (i.e. a man). Not because I am upset about being a woman, but because sometimes I get frustrated with the fact that men have a higher earning potential than...
Posted by Remote Goat on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:35:00 PST |
Cause for Celebration |
This evening, I was hanging out with some friends having a good old time. We were caught up in our usual banter, when one friend mentioned that he didn't have to work the following day because it was ...
Posted by Remote Goat on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:18:00 PST |
Murdering Murderers |
Saddam Hussein was executed this past Friday at 6pm Alaska Time. This incident caused a deluge of various feelings to well up inside of me, including confusion, disgust and, above all, sadness. On one...
Posted by Remote Goat on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:13:00 PST |
The Poor and Whitey |
I am white, ya know & a Caucasian. Being white is easy, even more so if you're heterosexual, male, and not handicapped. But it is amazing how much my race takes the socially constructed privilege of b...
Posted by Remote Goat on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:50:00 PST |
The Happy Holiday Train |
Christmas is stupid, but what is even more stupid is the constant debate about the holiday. Some people go as far as to be offended when a stranger wishes them a Merry Christmas. I mean .. they actual...
Posted by Remote Goat on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:19:00 PST |
Dear Soldier, |
Throughout history, writers have always tried to capture the human conditions of war. Yet, despite everything I have ever read or saw on a screen, I still fail to understand. The fact that there ar...
Posted by Remote Goat on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:28:00 PST |
